Dollywood seems to be borrowing a page from the play book of Cedar Fair by announcing, and promoting, an easy installment payment plan for season pass sales.

The "New EASY-2-PLAY" plan breaks down the payments into six installments ranging from $20.83 to 26.83 depending upon type of pass purchased. The combo pass is for both Dollywood and Splash County waterparks. The installment plan pass can only be purchased online--no doubt to reduce costs of administering the program.

The Easy-2-Play plan appears to have been inspired by the very successful plans offered for the first time this season by the Cedar Fair family of parks.

The Dollywood begins next week and is promoted as ending on September 3. The offer is pitched to current season pass holders and is cross promoted utilizing the Wild Eagle roller-coaster.

For more information please see http://dw.dollywood.com/easy2play/.

Busch (now SeaWorld Parks) has been doing an even better version for many years. 12 monthly payments each year, never expires unless you want it to.